Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Chaenopsidae - slizounkovití

Synonyma: Acanthemblemaria variegata Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928.

Reference: Metzelaar, J.   1919. Report on the fishes, collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, with comparative notes on marine fishes of tropical West Africa. F. J. Belanfante, 's-Gravenhage. Fish. Dutch W. Indies: 1-314.